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Scubadiving.com writes, "...Grand Cayman holds the number two spot on our readers' list of Top 10 Most Popular Caribbean Dive Destinations." What makes Grand Cayman so well-liked? Perhaps it is water temps in the high 70s and limitless visibility. Or maybe it's because there are strict marine conservation laws that protect the pristine reef and its 500 species of fish. Or perhaps it's all this combined with some first class dive resorts.

Lighthouse Point

Lighthouse Point is Grand Cayman's "...first eco-development with solar and wind power..." Divetech, a shop that has provided premier diving services since 1994, has opened a new shore diving site. Budgettravel.com states that at Lighthouse Point in Grand Cayman's West Bay, "...divers can investigate a newly accessible 19th-century shipwreck." The shop also provides daily two-tank boat trips with a stop at Stingray City where you can touch and feed the friendly Atlantic Southern Stingrays.

Lighthouse Point offers two-bedroom, oceanfront condominiums. You can buy the condos, buy a fractional share or simply rent for the duration of your trip. The Salt Cafe offers patio dining from morning through sunset. Take out dining is also available.

Lighthouse Point

571 Northwest Point Road

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

345-946-5658

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Compass Point Dive Resort

Listed as one of Sportdiver.com's 2010 World's Best Diving & Resorts, Compass Point offers divers the best of Grand Cayman's East End. The ocean front condominiums include kitchen facilities, washer and dryer, DVD players and free wireless Internet. Custom-built dive boats wait virtually outside your door to take divers to some of the best dive sites in the world. Dive operations are run by Ocean Frontiers. They offer 61 different dive sites, including canyons and sand chutes that take you to the edge of a 6,000-foot drop-off.

For those days when you can't dive, the resort offers complimentary bicycles and/or kayaks, or you can try your hand at some deep-sea fishing.

Compass Point Dive Resort

346 Austin Conoly Drive

Grand Cayman, KY 1801

800-695-8284

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The Cayman Aggressor IV

When planning a dive trip to Grand Cayman, why not save all that time spent renting your equipment, travelling back and forth to beach or dock, then finding a nice place to eat after your dives? An all-inclusive live-aboard could be the more diving, less-hassle vacation you've been looking for. Scuba.com writes, "when you compare the price of an Aggressor vacation to pay-per-dive operations, it's a real money saver."

Each week the Cayman Aggressor IV takes passengers to the most coveted sites in the Caymans. Divers will experience dramatic wall dives, explore canyons line with vibrant sponges, majestic sea fans and a colorful array of coral and thrilling swim-throughs with schools of tropical fish. Be prepared to meet turtles, eagle rays and sharks as you investigate shipwrecks. Back on board you'll be treated to delicious meals and first class accommodations.